【基础】分享 Howard Sasportas『THE TENTH HOUSE』| 第十宫

原著：《THE TWELVE HOUSES》by Howard Sasportas 翻译：溪月Regina

Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. 在你到达山顶之前，不要测量它的高度。因为到那时你会看到它有多低。——Dag Hammarskjöld

What the 9th house envisions, the 10th house brings to earth. In Quadrant systems of house-division, the Midheaven – the degree of the ecliptic which reaches its highest point at the meridian of any place – marks the cusp of the 10th house. The Midheaven is the most elevated point in the chart, and symbolically speaking, placements here ‘stand out’ above all others in the horoscope. The qualities of any sign or planet in this position correspond to what in us is most visible and accessible to others, what ‘stands out’ in us. Whereas the IC and 4th house (the opposite house) represent what we are like privately and how we behave at home behind closed doors, the MC and 10th house (naturally associated with Saturn and Capricorn) indicate the way we behave publicly, the image we wish to present to the world – the kinds of clothes we don when we ‘step out’. Liz Greene calls the MC and 10th house our ‘social shorthand’ – how we would most like to be seen by others and how we describe ourselves to them.

第九宫有了展望，第十宫会去实现。在分宫制系统中，中天——任何一个地方的子午线达到最高点的黄道度数——标志了第十宫的起点。中天是星图中最高的点，从象征意义上讲，在占星术中这个位置比其他位置都要"突出"。第十宫中任何星座或行星的特质都与我们内在最显着、最容易被他人理解的东西相对应，也与我们内在最突出的特质相对应。IC和第四宫（第十宫的对宫）代表我们私下的样子，以及我们关起门来在家里的表现，MC和第十宫（先天与土星和摩羯座相关）代表了我们在公共场合的表现，以及我们希望呈现给世界的公众形象——当我们"走出去"时穿的衣服种类。Liz Greene称MC和第十宫为我们的"社会速写"——我们最希望的别人看到我们的样子，以及我们如何向他人描述自己。

In keeping with the elevated position of the Midheaven, placements in this area of the chart suggest those qualities for which we want to be admired, lauded, looked up to and respected. It is through the signs and planets here that we hope to attain achievement, honour and recognition. Placements in the 10th denote what we would most like to be remembered as having contributed to the world. This is the house of ambition, behind which lurks the pressing urge and compulsion to be esteemed and acknowledged. The ancient Greeks believed that if you performed a truly noble or heroic deed, you were rewarded by being made a constellation in the heavens for all to see for all eternity. Besides the recognition it earns us, being famous means we live in people’s minds forever. The isolated ego, so fearful of its own finiteness, finds this idea very reassuring.

为了与中天的凸显保持一致，星图的这一区域明了我们想要被钦佩、赞美、尊敬和尊重的特质。我们希望通过第十宫的星座和行星来获得成就、荣誉和认可。第十宫表明了我们最希望被记住的对世界的贡献。这是极具企图心的宫位，这背后隐藏着被尊重和被承认的强烈欲望。古希腊人相信，如果你做了真正崇高的或英勇的行为，你就会得到嘉奖，成为天上一个永恒的星座，让世人所见。除了赢得我们的认可之外，成为名人意味着我们永远活在人们的心中。孤零零的自我担忧自身的有限性，但这个认知却让我们非常宽慰。

The nature of our contribution to society and our status and place in the world are shown by the sign on the Midheaven, planets in the 10th house, and as the Gauquelin studies suggest (see page 95) any planets on the 9th house side of the MC. The planet ruling the sign on the Midheaven and its placement by sign, house and aspect also sheds light on career and vocation. However, other areas of the chart also have considerable bearing on the issue of profession (such as the 6th house, 2nd house, aspects to the Sun, etc.), and the birth map as a whole must be carefully assessed to advise anyone wisely in this respect.

我们贡献社会的本性，以及我们在世界上的处境和地位，可以从中天的星座，第十宫内的行星和Gauquelin研究的（见第95页）第九宫一侧（紧合）MC的行星来体现。第十宫的宫主星和它所在的星座、宫位、相位也揭示了职业（某些面向）。当然，星图的其他部分（如第六宫、第二宫、太阳的相位等）对专业地评估职业也有相当大的影响，并且必须仔细评估整个出生星图，才能睿智地向他人提供这方面的建议。

In some cases, the signs and planets in the 10th and on the 9th house side of the Midheaven may literally describe the nature of the individual’s career. For instance, Saturn there could indicate a teacher, judge or scientist; Jupiter an actor, philosopher or travel agent; and the Moon a professional childminder or innkeeper. Franz Schubert, the Austrian composer, had musical Pisces on the Midheaven, and Neptune, its ruler, in the 5th, the house of creative expression.

在某些情况下，第十宫内的星座和行星，以及第九宫中紧邻中天的星座和行星确实可以描述个人职业生涯的特点。例如，土星可能预示着教师、法官或科学家；木星预示着演员、哲学家或旅行社；月亮预示着专业的保姆或旅店老板。奥地利作曲家Franz Schubert的中天落入有音乐天赋的双鱼座，而其十宫主海王星落入了代表创意表达的第五宫。